On Sun May 10 2020 14:31:38 Felmon Davis wrote:
> I'm wondering about the idea (a variant of something Mike suggested)
> of doing some kind of install or re-install of the base system.
> hopefully leaving most of the configuration files of installed
> programs intact.
>
> what's a clever way of doing this? not sure how to get a listing of
> these things.

apt-get install --dry-run --reinstall $(dpkg -l | grep '^ii' | awk '{print 
$2}')

But I would not reinstall any more than necessary on a failing
drive/ssd and it could easily make things worse.

Replace it now.  It's not worth your time to do anything else.

--Mike